This test moves from agreement and word choice to clauses, modifiers, and conditionals. Choose one answer, then check the explanation.
Record one point per answer. Questions 1–10 are basic, 11–20 intermediate, and 21–30 advanced. Suggested review bands: 27–30 final, 22–26 gaps, 16–21 targeted, and 0–15 basic.
What Does This English Grammar Test Cover?
This test covers agreement, pronouns, verb tense, articles, punctuation, clauses, modifiers, parallel structure, and conditionals. Each item has one intended answer. The wording supplies enough context to distinguish tense, number, and meaning.
| Questions | Level | Main skills |
|---|---|---|
| 1–10 | Basic | Agreement, articles, pronouns, contractions, common word choice |
| 11–20 | Intermediate | Tense sequence, commas, relative clauses, comparison, parallel form |
| 21–30 | Advanced | Conditionals, subjunctive forms, inversion, modifiers, clause relationships |
Use the subject, time signal, or clause to choose between options.
Which Answers Complete the 30 Grammar Questions?
Choose A, B, C, or D for each sentence. Every blank has one best answer in the context given.
Basic questions: 1–10
- My brother ___ to work by train every weekday.
- A. travel
- B. travels
- C. traveling
- D. have traveled
- The keys on the kitchen table ___ mine.
- A. is
- B. are
- C. was
- D. be
- Maya bought ___ umbrella before the storm began.
- A. a
- B. an
- C. the
- D. no article
- Leo and I finished the project by ___.
- A. ourselves
- B. themselves
- C. himself
- D. itself
- The dog wagged ___ tail when Priya entered.
- A. it’s
- B. its
- C. it is
- D. its’
- ___ going to deliver the package this afternoon.
- A. Their
- B. There
- C. They’re
- D. Theirs
- Yesterday, we ___ the museum before lunch.
- A. visit
- B. visits
- C. visited
- D. will visit
- Please place the blue folder ___ the two binders.
- A. among
- B. between
- C. through
- D. across
- Neither cup ___ clean.
- A. are
- B. were
- C. is
- D. have been
- Which sentence is complete?
- A. Because the bus was late.
- B. Running through the station.
- C. The passengers waited near the gate.
- D. After the final announcement.
Intermediate questions: 11–20
- By the time the guests arrived, Nina ___ dinner.
- A. prepares
- B. has prepared
- C. had prepared
- D. will prepare
- I have lived in this apartment ___ 2021.
- A. for
- B. since
- C. during
- D. until
- The laptop, along with its charger, ___ in the cabinet.
- A. are
- B. were
- C. is
- D. have been
- Which sentence uses commas correctly?
- A. After the meeting we, ordered lunch.
- B. After the meeting, we ordered lunch.
- C. After, the meeting we ordered lunch.
- D. After the meeting we ordered, lunch.
- The scientist ___ article won the award thanked her team.
- A. who
- B. whom
- C. whose
- D. which
- This route is ___ than the coastal road.
- A. short
- B. shortest
- C. shorter
- D. more shorter
- The coach asked us to warm up, to stretch, and ___.
- A. we should jog
- B. jogging
- C. to jog
- D. jogged
- If the printer runs out of paper, the warning light ___.
- A. flashed
- B. flashes
- C. would flash yesterday
- D. had flashed
- Which revision removes the misplaced modifier in “Walking to school, the rain soaked Amir”?
- A. Walking to school, Amir was soaked by the rain.
- B. The rain, walking to school, soaked Amir.
- C. Amir, the rain soaked, walked to school.
- D. Walking, the school rain soaked Amir.
- We stayed indoors ___ the air quality improved.
- A. unless
- B. because of
- C. until
- D. despite
Advanced questions: 21–30
- If I ___ the earlier train yesterday, I would have arrived on time.
- A. take
- B. took
- C. had taken
- D. would take
- The committee recommended that each proposal ___ independently.
- A. is reviewed
- B. be reviewed
- C. was reviewing
- D. has reviewed
- Rarely ___ such a clear view of the mountains.
- A. we see
- B. do we see
- C. we do see
- D. see we
- Which sentence contains a nonessential clause punctuated correctly?
- A. My only bicycle which has a red frame needs a new tire.
- B. My only bicycle, which has a red frame needs a new tire.
- C. My only bicycle which has a red frame, needs a new tire.
- D. My only bicycle, which has a red frame, needs a new tire.
- No sooner ___ the announcement than the audience began applauding.
- A. did she finish
- B. she had finished
- C. had she finished
- D. she finishes
- Choose the sentence with an unambiguous pronoun.
- A. When Elena called Rosa, she was driving.
- B. Elena called Rosa while Elena was driving.
- C. After Elena met Rosa, she smiled.
- D. Elena told Rosa that her schedule had changed.
- The final source arrived late; ___, the editor extended the deadline.
- A. however
- B. for example
- C. therefore
- D. otherwise
- Had the alarm sounded, the staff ___ the building.
- A. evacuate
- B. evacuated
- C. would evacuate yesterday
- D. would have evacuated
- Which sentence maintains a consistent point of view?
- A. When a visitor arrives, you should sign in.
- B. When visitors arrive, they should sign in.
- C. When visitors arrive, one should show your pass.
- D. When you arrive, visitors should sign in.
- During yesterday’s review of a discontinued archive, the editor asked whether the figures were accurate and whether the source ___ reliable at the time.
- A. is
- B. are
- C. was
- D. be
Why Is Each Grammar-Test Answer Correct?
The answer key explains the grammatical signal that determines each choice. Review missed items by skill rather than memorizing the completed sentence.
- B — travels. The singular subject brother takes the singular present-tense verb travels. The phrase every weekday signals a repeated action.
- B — are. The subject is the plural noun keys. The location phrase on the kitchen table does not change its number.
- B — an. Umbrella begins with a vowel sound, so the indefinite article is an.
- A — ourselves. The compound subject includes the speaker and Leo, so the matching reflexive pronoun is ourselves.
- B — its. Its is the possessive form. It’s is a contraction of it is or it has.
- C — They’re. They’re contracts they are: “They are going to deliver the package.” Their shows possession, while there usually identifies a place or introduces a statement.
- C — visited. Yesterday places the completed visit in the past, so the simple past form is required.
- B — between. The folder is positioned in relation to two identified binders.
- C — is. Neither refers to not one and not the other and functions as a singular subject here.
- C. “The passengers waited near the gate” has a subject and a complete predicate. The other choices are dependent clauses or phrases.
- C — had prepared. Dinner was prepared before another past event, the guests’ arrival. The past perfect marks the earlier event.
- B — since. Since introduces the starting point 2021. For would introduce a duration, such as for five years.
- C — is. The subject is singular laptop. The parenthetical phrase about the charger does not make the subject plural.
- B. The introductory phrase After the meeting is followed by a comma, and no comma separates ordered from its object.
- C — whose. Whose introduces a relative clause and shows that the article belongs to the scientist.
- C — shorter. The sentence compares two routes, so it needs the comparative form shorter.
- C — to jog. All three coordinated items use the same infinitive form: to warm up, to stretch, and to jog.
- B — flashes. This sentence describes the printer’s regular response whenever the stated condition occurs, so both clauses use the present tense.
- A. Amir, not the rain, is walking to school. Placing Amir immediately after the opening phrase gives the modifier a logical subject.
- C — until. Until identifies the point at which staying indoors ended.
- C — had taken. The sentence imagines a different result for a completed past event. The condition uses had taken, and the result uses would have arrived.
- B — be reviewed. After recommended that, the sentence uses the base form be to express the committee’s requested action.
- B — do we see. Placing restrictive rarely first triggers subject–auxiliary inversion: do we see.
- D. Only identifies the bicycle, so the added color detail is nonessential and enclosed by two commas.
- C — had she finished. The pattern no sooner … than uses inversion when no sooner begins the sentence. The earlier action is in the past perfect.
- B. Repeating Elena identifies the driver. In the other choices, a pronoun could refer to either Elena or Rosa.
- C — therefore. The late arrival caused the extension, so the transition expresses a result. A semicolon separates the clauses, and a comma follows the transition.
- D — would have evacuated. Had the alarm sounded is an inverted form of if the alarm had sounded. The unreal past result is would have evacuated.
- B. The plural third-person subject visitors matches the pronoun they throughout the sentence.
- C — was. The review concerns an archive that no longer operates, and at the time confines reliability to that past setting. Figures were and source was also agree in tense and number.
Count the correct answers in each group of ten. Use the lowest group score to choose what to review before retaking the test.